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1 Kings · read by Denny Kenaston
11 verses, in order. Only the verses Denny read aloud are shown.
1 Kings 8
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But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.Read from KJV · (Divine Attributes) 06 the Immensity of God
1 Kings 12
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Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.Read from KJV · The Generation Gap - Part 1
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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.Read from KJV · The Generation Gap - Part 1
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So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,Read from KJV · The Generation Gap - Part 1
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"Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father's service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."Read from KJV · The Generation Gap - Part 1
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Rehoboam answered, "Go away for three days and then return to me." So the people departed.Read from KJV · The Generation Gap - Part 1
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Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How do you advise me to respond to these people?" he asked.Read from KJV · The Generation Gap - Part 1
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They replied, "If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever."Read from KJV · The Generation Gap - Part 1
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But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.Read from KJV · The Generation Gap - Part 1
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He asked them, "What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke your father put on us'?"Read from KJV · The Generation Gap - Part 1
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The young men who had grown up with him replied, "This is how you should answer these people who said to you, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.' This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!Read from KJV · The Generation Gap - Part 1